Kellan Lee was born at 10:56 on August 31st. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. I was thinking that he would be bigger than his sister but was a little smaller. I would assume that they would have weighed about the same had I made it to my due date. 
His delivery was definitely an event...
I had been having contractions on and off all weekend and feeling really tired and sick to my stomach. Especially on Sunday. I don't think that I was really even functional the sunday before I had him because I was so tired....
On Monday I was having very frequent braxton hicks contractions. At 11:30 PM on the 30th I woke up with painful contractions that were never regular. When I showered at 5AM my contractions stopped, so I just went to work. I had a regular dr's appointment the morning of the 31st, and my dr said that I was between a 2 and 3 and not effaced much. After the appointment I went to the school and had a 3 sessions with clients. I was really tired from being up all night with contractions, so I ended my day a little early and went home to nap. Nathan picked Makayla up at school , and they got home around 4:45. They ate supper, but I didn't because I was feeling really sick still. After they finished eating Makayla and I cuddled up on the couch to watch elmo at which time my water broke. No huge gush thank goodness! We left the house about 30-45 mins later and drove to the hospital. The rest went really quickly. We got to the hospital around 7 or 7:15, and my mom got there around 7:30 to get Makayla. The nurse told me that I could have my epidural whenever I wanted it because I was in active labor. I was not that uncomfortable, so I decided to wait a while...Bad idea. The pain went from bearable to completely unbearable to the point I was sweating in about 5 minutes. At around 9 my dr checked me, and said I was at 4cm. Shortly after that I asked for my epidural. At 10 pm I had a really intense contraction and felt the need to push. I yelled at Nathan to go get a nurse, but as he was getting up from his chair my dr and the nurse walked in the room. I don't think that I have ever been so happy to see my dr. It turns out that I was complete already and my dr told me that there would be no time for my epidural. At that point it didn't really matter anyway. I was not completely dialated in one spot, so my dr had to force dialate me. That was not pleasant. At 10:15 I started pushing, and Kellan was born face up at 10:56. He didn't cry, but the dr said not to worry because he was fine and that the only reason for him not crying was because of the trauma of being born face up instead of down.
In summary... My water broke at 6:15, and he was born less than 5 hours later. That's really quick! I am glad that I didn't take the time to shower! There's no way that I would have been walking anywhere at that point.
We have been home since Thursday, and we are all doing great besides Kellan being a little jaundice. Makayla loves being his big sister. I think that she is really excited. He does wake her up at night sometimes, so if you have any suggestions on that I would love to hear them...
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